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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Brian end his interview?
(a) By telling the interviewer that people here are too serious.
(b) By saying that the process of life and death shouldn't be taken seriously.
(c) By saying that he wishes he had a typewriter so that he could write again.
(d) By telling the interviewer that he really misses Beverly.

2. What happens in Brian's recurring dream?
(a) Maggie calls for him but he cannot reach her.
(b) Everyone he knows appears and calls his name.
(c) No one can hear him call their name.
(d) He is lost and all alone unable to find his way.

3. What has caused regular visits between Joe and his family to be prohibitive?
(a) Hospital expenses and long distance.
(b) Job and school demands.
(c) Nature of his disease.
(d) Rules of the hospital.

4. What does Agnes believe has kept Felicity alive for the past two years?
(a) Her ongoing case of senility.
(b) The work of the hospitals.
(c) Anticipation of the letters.
(d) Agnes's devotion to ther mother.

5. What does Brian admit scares him to death?
(a) The act of dying.
(b) Losing Mark.
(c) What happens in the after life.
(d) Never seeing her again.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Beverly spills something on Mark's jacket?

2. What does Joe tell the interviewer was his first reaction to learning about his terminal condition?

3. What does Joe tell the interviewer was his second reaction to learning about his terminal condition?

4. What does Beverly chastise Mark about?

5. Which of the following was not one of the descriptions that Agnes used to describe Claire after her mother took over her husband's job?

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